According to Booker, the Depth 4 adjustment and transformation called "Hyena Armor" allowed him to ignore the strict surveillance system with almost no blind spots in Theseus's warehouse and easily sneak into the interior of the Hive Warehouse.
Of course, there is still an extremely long distance between being able to sneak in and being able to steal things safely.
But there is no doubt that with this premise in place, the feasibility of the theft plan has exceeded the originally impossible "zero" and has become a plan worthy of discussion.
So the next question is - is the depth 4 adjustment and transformation of Perseus' path really that easy to do?
Obtain the transformation list corresponding to the upgrade path, collect the printing permissions for adjusting the transformation, purchase the materials required for printing, and stabilize the mental index.
From Jiang Zhou's perspective, none of these are easy.
After hearing Liao Qi express this question, Booker held the steering wheel and turned his eyes back to the lane in front of him.
He was silent for a moment, then answered briefly:
"Don't worry, I have my own channels."
This answer does not make people feel at ease at all...
Jiang Zhou thought.
You know, the last Deep 4 printing authority that I handled was two grams of antimatter—something that, as long as it was printed out, would be enough to change the order and structure of the entire Nord settlement area.
He couldn't imagine what kind of powerful channel it would take to obtain the entire set of Perseus Depth 4 printing permissions and materials.
By the way, among the previously printed materials about two grams of antimatter, there were many things that were difficult to obtain even through black market channels. Booker also said that he would use his own channels...
Not bothering to go around in circles anymore, Jiang Zhou decided to ask the truth directly.
So, he said directly:
"So, what are your channels? Or should I ask, what else are you hiding?"
as well as……
"Also, are you sure you want to upgrade to Depth 4?"
Depth 4 is a threshold, a change that causes the level of life to cross the photosynthesis zone and enter the weak light zone.
More intuitively, for most upgrade paths, this means that in addition to the biological brain, the whole body must be transformed into a prosthetic body.
Will is the reflection of matter. If you change the eyes through which you see the world, you will inevitably change the subject who sees the world.
Therefore, it is inevitable and irreversible that the mental index plummets due to whole body transformation.
In a sense, the adjusted people before Depth 4 can still be regarded as "human" in terms of physiological structure. But after completing the adjustment and transformation of Depth 4, it can be said that it is another species that barely maintains the human thinking framework and has a roughly humanoid appearance.
Therefore, on the upgrade path, breaking through depth 3 and upgrading to depth 4 will be called the first transformation.
As for breaking through depth 6 and upgrading to depth 7, and completing another leap in the way of thinking, it will be called "second transformation".
Sometimes, Jiang Zhou even feels that the so-called mental index is just a false proposition. When an ape has evolved into Homo sapiens and you force him to live in an ape way, then his behavior is naturally "abnormal" in the eyes of the apes.
"Let me answer your last question first,"
Regarding Liao Qi’s serious question, Booker said:
"Although I have to admit that this is much earlier than I originally planned... but upgrading to depth 4 is indeed something I have long considered and prepared to do."
Otherwise, when your opponents are super corporations that hold massive resources, control artificial intelligence and high-level adjusters to serve them, and stand high like gods. If you don't transform yourself into a complete monster, you won't even be qualified to compete on the same level.
"As for what I'm hiding..."
When Booker said this, he paused, as if he was considering what he should say.
Jiang Zhou didn't urge him.
"There are some things that I can't explain to you clearly now... just like we can't explain to other people in the organization why we know that the multi-purpose printer is in Theseus' warehouse."
In the end, Booker seemed a little annoyed and said this.
Take "paradox" as an example... This is a very obvious hint.
Could it be that behind Booker, there is another malicious program from the Abyss Dark Web?
Or, in addition to the Icarus Liberation Front, is he also affiliated with another larger hidden force?
Of course, if this was the case, Jiang Zhou knew that it would be meaningless to continue asking.
After all, the two of them have had life-threatening friendships several times, so if he could say it, he would definitely have said it.
After taking a long breath, Jiang Zhou scratched his head and said:
"I have to say that your explanation is definitely not satisfactory to me... However, as long as you can promise that you will not do anything that harms the interests of the organization, I will try to turn a blind eye..."
"Only this."
Before he finished speaking, Booker interrupted:
"Only that I will not betray the organization, I can guarantee it with my own life. But other than that, after everything is settled..."
Booker said, turning to look at Jiang Zhou again.
"I will explain everything to you from beginning to end."
Fine……
Jiang Zhou thought helplessly.
After all, who doesn’t have some secrets of their own?
Seeing Jiang Zhou nod solemnly, Booker finally got past this topic and began to talk about their arrangements for the next stage:
"After that, I need you to go to the negative floor and find Deep Blue to help book the storage service of Theseus Freight Company. You can take this opportunity to go inside the warehouse and find out the security measures inside..."
"Why am I looking for Deep Blue?"
"You have saved her life before. With this favor, there will be no problem in asking her to do this little favor."
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After sending Jiang Zhou away, Booker did not go home. Instead, he drove to a secret safe house he had set up on the fourth floor of the resettlement area.
As soon as he walked in, Booker locked the thickened door and turned on the silence realm generator.
According to standard procedures, he must ensure the absolute safety of this area before he can initiate contact.
He took out four complex mechanical parts from four hidden locations in the room. Then he sat on the couch and carefully pieced them together into a machine that looked like a class radio.
"All right……"
Looking at this classical-looking instrument, Booker let out a long breath as if he was almost nervous, and then he turned the switch on it.
"Zizi——"
The machine made a sharp electric whistling sound as if screaming, and began to vibrate continuously.
In response, Booker sat on the sofa without saying a word. He crossed his fingers and looked at the instrument with an extremely nervous expression.
The whistling and trembling became more and more intense, until the machine looked like it was about to fall apart. With a crisp "click" sound, as if the power was completely cut off, it fell silent instantly, leaving only There was a ticking sound like a clock turning.
Booker took a deep breath and then raised his head.
At this moment, there was someone sitting on the sofa opposite him.
He was a man with an indistinguishable appearance and blond hair as bright as the sun.
And without a doubt, a beauty.
That person was not a 3D projection or a picture that existed on an eye-tracking device, but actually existed here - the sofa he was sitting on was obviously sunken.
"The quality projection has a limited maintenance time. You only have five minutes to report on the recent situation."
This person said this the moment he appeared, his voice equally indistinguishable from male to female.
Booker, who was sitting opposite the blond beauty, was also familiar with the road, and he said without any hesitation:
"Have you ever heard of an existence called 'Paradox' among the Fire Thieves?"
(End of chapter)
